Police barriers ‘are jamming West End’ after being left up for days after events

Traffic jams: security barriers remained for two weeks following opening of Parliament (Picture: Getty)

Transport for London chief Sir Peter Hendy has written to the police and security services to complain that arrangements for major events cause traffic jams.

His letter was sent after it took two weeks for all security barriers to be removed from West End streets following the state opening of Parliament on June 4, and he says Parliament Square, Trafalgar Square, Millbank and Piccadilly suffered jams.

The anti-terrorist barriers divide the carriageways on a road but create traffic bottlenecks.